Questão 699741

1 Amnesty International is a world-wide volunteer

organization funded entirely by subscriptions and donations.

It is totally independent of any government, political faction,

4 ideology, economic interest or religious creed.

The organization works for the release of ‘Prisoners

of conscience’ — men, women and children imprisoned

7 anywhere for their beliefs, colour, sex, ethnic origin,

language or religion. It also seeks fair and immediate trial for

all political prisoners detained without charge, and opposes

10 torture and the degrading treatment of prisoners. It is also

against the death penalty for all types of crime.

Amnesty works by collecting information. When it

13 has proof that a person is a ‘prisoner of conscience’ that

person's case is handed over to a local group. The local

groups are ordinary individuals who believe in Amnesty's

16 work. They send letters to governments, embassies, leading

newspapers and the prisoner's family and friends. They also

collect signatures and raise money to send medicine, food

19 and clothing to the prisoners and their families. These

volunteers use their freedom of speech to win the same

freedom for their adopted prisoner.

22 Paradoxically, Amnesty International is an

organization that will only be satisfied when it has become

redundant.

Internet: <www.miguelmllop.com> (adapted).

Based on the text, judge the following items.

All Amnesty’s local groups can do is to send letters to governments, foreign representations, to the best newspapers and to the prisoners’ family and friends.